Today we are focusing on Fort Mose. The development of colonial North America would not be complete without Fort Mose, a settlement in then Colony of Carolina, making it the first ever free black settlement for African Americans. Established by Manuel Montiano, the governor of then colony of Spain, Florida, in 1738, Fort Mose is located in St. Augustine. Although it was a settlement set up by the Spanish, it’s growth and development was facilitated by Africans, both enslaved and free. Although the freed Africans married each other, they also married enslaved African in St. Augustine and Indians.

Source: The North Africa Journal February 02, 2019 14:03 UTC